Re: [NTLK] Use XML?

From: Simon Bell <simonbell_at_mac.com>
Date: Thu Jun 12 2008 - 14:17:12 EDT

On 12 Jun 2008, at 14:11, SteveCraft wrote:

> I am thinking of ways to exchange data portably between the Newt and
> every
> other OS, and I think [XML] would give compatibility and flexibility
> at the
> expense of size.

I would use Newton Streamed Object Format (NSOF) as defined in Newton
Formats <http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/documentation/developer/NewtonFormats1.1.pdf
> to exchange Newton objects.

It’s the format used to stream data to NCU and to store Windows NTK
projects. It’s cross-platform, very compact, and easy to implement a
reader/writer.

Simon
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